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More than 33.5 million viewers turned in to see Sen. Barack Obama’s paid political advertisement last night, which ran on seven networks in prime time, including NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, BET, TVOne and Univision. The total beats the last political advertising prime-time buy from Ross Perot, who bought airtime...
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Thursday night’s presidential address on the current economic crisis and rescue plan was watched by 52.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media numbers. President George W. Bush’s speech aired from about 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. EST on broadcast networks ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and Univision as...
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How good was the bad news about the U.S. economy last week? Bad/good enough to attract enough viewers to push Fox News Channel to the position of second most-viewed cable network in prime time, behind only ESPN, which set a cable record with its Monday Night Football coverage of the Dallas Cowboys'...
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“The Rachel Maddow Show” continued to show strong appeal in its second week on MSNBC, beating CNN’s “Larry King Live” in total viewers and in the 25-54 demographic that is key in news programming ad sales. The ratings boost lifted MSNBC’s prime-time block over CNN for the week, according to data from...
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After jump starting ratings for “ABC World News” last week, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made the rounds to Fox News’ “Hannity and Colmes” on Wednesday, pushing the talk show to its second-highest total viewership in 2008. Part one of Sean Hannity’s interview with Gov. Palin brought in 4.9 million viewers...
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Armed with “the Best F#&king News Team Ever” in Denver and St. Paul, Minn., “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’s” coverage of the Democratic and Republican conventions propelled itself well above the show’s 2004 convention coverage in ratings and viewership. Airing live and nightly from the sites of...
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During competing interviews with presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Bill O’Reilly’s “The O’Reilly Factor” bested Keith Olbermann’s “Countdown” by more than double the amount of viewers, while MSNBC’s premiere of “The Rachel Maddow Show” beat CNN cornerstone “Larry King Live.” Both Mr. Olbermann and Mr...
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Fox News Channel closed out its coverage of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday with a second consecutive victory over all cable and broadcast competitors, according to national data from Nielsen Media Research. The 9.2 million viewers who watched Sen. John McCain’s nomination...
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Nearly 39 million people watched Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s acceptance speech on the closing night of the GOP convention Thursday in St. Paul, Minn. That broke the week-old convention record of upwards of 38 million viewers set by Sen. Barack Obama only the week before. Sen. McCain...
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Despite big cable network viewership for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech, the premiere of FX’s new series “Sons of Anarchy” drew an encouraging 1.2 rating and 1.5 million viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen Media Research. The series, about a motorcycle gang, ranked third...
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Fox News is back in its familiar driver’s seat in the ratings, easily dominating Tuesday night’s cable and broadcast ratings in the 10 p.m. hour with 6.2 million viewers. Holiday-delayed ratings from Nielsen Media Research were released Thursday morning. NBC had the second-largest audience on the relatively...
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Sen. Barack Obama’s historic speech Thursday, accepting the presidential nomination during the Democratic National Convention, brought in 38 million viewers across 10 networks, setting a convention record. Last night’s speech bested its closest competitor, day four of the 1992 DNC, by more than 10 million...
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NBC News and CNN were the kings of the hour during which VP candidate Joe Biden spoke at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, drawing more viewers than any of their five commercial cable or broadcast competitors. The total audience across broadcast and cable channels fell from Tuesday night...
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Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week lineup drew a record 29.1 million viewers in its 21st year of programming. The annual programming event ran from July 27 to Aug. 2 and included special shark-centric episodes of Discovery series "Mythbusters" and "Dirty Jobs," which pulled...
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Monday night’s ESPN telecast of the State Farm Home Run Derby was the most viewed program on ad-supported cable to date this year, averaging a 6.4 rating. The telecast attracted 6,184,000 household impressions, making it the most-viewed Home Run Derby ever among households. The telecast—which was up...